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History of the Iphone from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia History of the iPhone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Newton MessagePad was an early handheld device manufactured by Apple in the mid-1990s. Some of its concepts and functions have been incorporated into the iPhone. The history of the iPhone line of phones begins with Steve Jobs' direction that Apple Inc. engineers investigate touchscreens and a tablet computer, which later came to fruition with the iPad.[1][2][3][4] Also, many have noted the device's similarities to Apple's previous touch-screen portable device, the Newton MessagePad.[5][6][7][8] Like the Newton, the iPhone is nearly all screen. Its form factor is credited to Apple's head of design, Jonathan Ive.[3][9] Contents [hide] ← 1 Origins ← 2 Tying of the iPhone to AT&T ← 2.1 History ← 2.2 Court cases ← 3 Advertising ← 4 Domain name ← 5 US release ← 5.1 Outsized bills ← 5.2 Price drop outcry ← 5.3 iPhone 3G pricing model changes ← 6 European release ← 7 Southeast Asian release ← 8 Australian release ← 9 New Zealand release ← 10 Canadian release ← 11 Non-exclusive deals ← 11.1 Verizon Wireless ← 12 World timeline ← 13 Activation and SIM lock bypassing ← 14 See also ← 15 References Origins[edit source | edit beta ] In April 2003 at the "All Things Digital" executive conference, Jobs expressed his belief that tablet PCs and traditional PDAs were not good choices as high-demand markets for Apple to enter, despite many requests made to him that Apple create another PDA. He did believe that cell phones were going to become important devices for portable information access, and that what cell phones needed to have was excellent synchronization software. At the time, instead of focusing on a follow-up to their Newton PDA, Jobs had Apple put its energies into the iPod, and the iTunes software (which can be used to synchronize content with iPod devices), released January 2001.[10][11][12][13] On September 7, 2005, Apple and Motorola released the ROKR E1, the first mobile phone to use iTunes. Jobs was unhappy with the ROKR, feeling that having to compromise with a non-Apple designer (Motorola) prevented Apple from designing the phone they wanted to make.[14] In September 2006, Apple discontinued support for the ROKR and released a version of iTunes that included references to an as-yet unknown mobile phone that could display pictures and video.[15] On January 9, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention,[16] and that it would be released later that year. On June 29, 2007 the first iPhone was released. On June 11, 2007 announced at the Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference that the iPhone would support third-party applications using the Safari engine on the device. Third-parties would create the Web 2.0 applications and users would access them via the internet.[17] Such applications appeared even before the release of the iPhone; the first being "OneTrip", a program meant to keep track of the user's shopping list.[18] On June 29, 2007, Apple released version 7.3 of iTunes to coincide with the release of the iPhone.[19] This release contains support for iPhone service activation and syncing. According to The Wall Street Journal, the iPhone is manufactured on contract in the Shenzhen factory of the Taiwanese company Hon Hai (also known as Foxconn).[20] Tying of the iPhone to AT&T[edit source | edit beta ] When Apple initially released the iPhone on June 29, 2007,[21] it was sold exclusively with AT&T (formerly Cingular) contracts in the United States.[14] The tying arrangement between Apple's smartphone and a specific service provider caused some controversy, bringing the concepts of jailbreaking and bricking into the mainstream debate over the future of smartphone technology.[citation needed] History[edit source | edit beta ] After a year and a half of negotiations, Steve Jobs reached an agreement with the wireless division of the telecomm giant AT&T (Cingular at the time) to be the iPhone's carrier. In return for five years of exclusivity, roughly 10 percent of iPhone sales in AT&T stores, and a thin slice of Apple's iTunes revenue, AT&T granted Apple roughly $10 a month from every iPhone customer's AT&T bill.[citation needed] In return, consumers were unable to use any other carrier without heavily modifying their device. Apple retained complete control over the design, manufacturing, and marketing of the iPhone.[22] Since some customers were trying to jailbreak their iPhone to avoid the AT&T network, AT&T decided to charge consumers if they were to leave the network. This caused complaints among many consumers, as they were forced to pay an additional early termination fee of $175 to end the contract, and the device would remained locked.[23] Other companies such as Google complained that tying encourages a more closed access based wireless service.[citation needed] Court cases[edit source | edit beta ] After the iPhone was released, questions arose about the legality of Apple's arrangement,[24] and in October 2007 two class-action lawsuits were filed against Apple, one in federal court and the other in state court.[25] The suits claim that Apple's exclusive agreement with AT&T violates California antitrust law.[26] The suit was filed by the Law Office of Damian R. Fernandez on behalf of California resident Timothy P. Smith,[26] and ultimately sought to have an injunction issued against Apple to prevent it from selling iPhones with any kind of software lock, in addition to $200 million in monetary damages.[27] The plaintiffs of the Smith v. Apple Inc. case claim that Apple failed to disclose their five year agreement with AT&T to purchasers when they bought their iPhones with a two year contract, citing the Sherman Act's prohibition on monopolization.[28] The court has not yet rendered a decision in the case.[dated info] A second case was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2007. The plaintiff, Paul Holman, filed a complaint against Apple, Inc. and AT&T Mobility, LLC. Holman alleges that he is unable to switch carriers or change SIM cards without losing improvements to his iPhones which he is entitled to. The plaintiff similarly references the Sherman Act as being violated by the defendants.[29] On July 8, 2010 the case was affirmed for class certification.[30] On December 9, 2010 the court ordered a stay on the case, awaiting the Supreme Court's decision in AT&T v. Concepcion. This secondary case disputed whether a clause in AT&T's contract that limited complaints to arbitration, met the stat's basic standards of fairness.[31] On April 27, 2011 the Supreme Court ruled that AT&T did indeed meet the stat's standards of fairness.[32] Advertising[edit source | edit beta ] See also: iPod advertising The first advertisement for iPhone, titled "Hello," aired during the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007 on American Coming in June. On June 4, 2007, Apple released four advertisements announcing a June 29, 2007 release date. Domain name[edit source | edit beta ] On July 1, 2007, it was reported that Apple paid at least US$1 million to Michael Kovatch for the transfer of the iPhone.com domain name. Kovatch registered the domain in 1995.[33] That URL now redirects to Apple's iPhone page. US release[edit source | edit beta ] People waiting to buy the iPhone upon release in New York City, June 29, 2007 On June 28, 2007, during an address to Apple employees, Steve Jobs announced that all full-time Apple employees and those part-time employees that have been with the company at least one year would receive a free iPhone. Employees received their phones in July after the initial demand subsided.[34] Initially priced at US $599 and US $499 for the 8GB and 4GB models, the iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Apple closed its stores at 2:00pm local time to prepare for the 6:00pm iPhone launch, while hundreds of customers lined up at stores nationwide.[35] In the US and some other countries, the Apple product could only be acquired with a credit card precluding a completely anonymous purchase.[36][37][38] There is no way to opt out of the data plan. The iPhone at first could not be added to an AT&T Business account, and any existing business account discounts cannot be applied to an iPhone AT&T account, which AT&T changed in late January 2008.[39] The Associated Press also reported in 2007 that some users were unable to activate their phones because, according to AT&T, "high volume of activation requests were taxing the company's computer servers."[40][41] On Oct 29, 2007 the Usenet newsgroup misc.phone.mobile.iphone was created. Early estimates by technology analysts estimated sales of between 250,000 to 700,000 units in the first weekend alone, with strong sales continuing after the initial weekend.[42][43] As part of their quarterly earnings announcement, AT&T reported that 146,000 iPhones were activated in the first weekend. Though this figure does not include units that were purchased for resale on eBay or otherwise not activated until after the opening weekend, it is still less than most initial estimates.[44] It is also estimated that 95% of the units sold are the 8GB model.[45] On January 11, 2011, Verizon announced during a media event that it had reached an agreement with Apple and would begin selling a CDMA iPhone 4.
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